Rockwell Automation Arena Users Guide - Manual (Page 25)

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Mortgage review clerk (Resource module)
Along with our flowchart, we also can define parameters associated with other elements
of our model, such as resources, entities, queues, etc. For the mortgage process, we’ll
simply define the cost rate for the Mortgage Review Clerk so that our simulation results
will report the cost associated with performing this process. The clerk’s costs are fixed at
$12 per hour.
To provide these parameters to the Arena model, you’ll enter them in the Resources
spreadsheet.
1. In the Basic Process panel, click the Resource icon to display the Resources spread-
sheet.
2. Because we defined the Mortgage Review Clerk as the resource in the Review
Application process, Arena has automatically added a resource with this name in the
Resources spreadsheet. Click in the Busy/Hour cell and define the cost rate when the
clerk is busy by typing 12. Click in the Idle/Hour cell and assign the idle cost rate by
typing 12.
You can edit the
fields for any
module using
Arena’s spread-
sheet, including
flowchart modules.
Just click on the
icon in the Basic
Process panel to
display its
spreadsheet.